Yesterday (January 30), Cowichan Valley MLA Sonia Furstenau bagged a big endorsement in her campaign to become the next leader of the B.C. Greens. Victoria mayor Lisa Helps said that she couldn’t think of a better person to lead the…
VICTORIA, BC – Lisa Helps, Mayor of Victoria, has endorsed Sonia Furstenau, MLA for Cowichan Valley, in her bid to become the next leader of the B.C. Green Party. “I don’t belong to any political party and I’ve never made…
VICTORIA — Sonia Furstenau, a Green member of the British Columbia legislature known for her fight against a contaminated-soil quarry in her community, is running for the party’s leadership. Furstenau, who represents the Cowichan Valley riding on Vancouver Island, promised…
The first-term Green Party MLA is running to be the next leader of the party. She is the first person to have declared an interest in replacing former leader Andrew Weaver, who is now an independent MLA. “Leadership should be…
Furstenau, the MLA for Cowichan Valley, is the first major candidate to declare after Andrew Weaver resigned as leader and stepped away from the party earlier this month. “It is a time to dream big, to reach for the limits…
Cowichan Valley MLA and deputy party leader Sonia Furstenau announced her intention to run for the B.C. Green leadership in Victoria Monday. “B.C. needs a new style of leadership that listens to evidence and to communities,” Furstenau said at an…
Sonia Furstenau, MLA for Cowichan Valley, has announced that she is running to be the next leader of the B.C. Green Party. Andrew Weaver, who led the party to three seats and control of the balance of power in B.C….
First-term Cowichan Valley MLA Sonia Furstenau is the first into the race to succeed Andrew Weaver as leader of the B.C. Green Party. Furstenau said there is a disconnect between government and people that sees good ideas stalled due to “old ways of thinking…
Furstenau said the Greens have been behind major policy changes including strengthening oversight of resource industries, making the legislature more transparent and accountable, and banning big money from politics. But she said the changes have just scratched the surface of what the…
Sonia Furstenau is in. The first-term Green Party MLA is running to be the next leader of the party. She is the first person to have declared an interest in replacing former leader Andrew Weaver, who is now an independent…